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Neil Volz, political director with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, describes the successful campaign to restore voting rights to 1.5 million ex-felons. He speculates on the fight ahead to implement Amendment 4 as the right-wing Florida political establishment confronts the reality of the biggest voter enfranchisement event since 18-years-olds were given the right to vote.
Interviewed by Richard Hill on December 4, 2018.

1) Alex Cornell du Houx, president of Elected Officials to Protect America and former Maine state legislator and Vice Mayor of Culver City, California, Meghan Sahli-Wells, who serves as co-chair of Elected Officials to Protect California and is also on the steering committee of Elected Officials to Protect America. They will discuss their group's views on important issues addressed and unaddressed at the recently concluded COP 24 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland.

2) Marge Baker, Executive Vice President for Policy and Program with People For the American Way discusses her group's concerns re: President Trump's nomination of Robert Barr as his next Attorney General. Barr served as Attorney General under the late George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993.

3) Paul Kawika Martin, Peace Action's Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs, assesses the recent U.S. Senate vote passing a motion to proceed with S.J.Res. 54, legislation to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, and the ongoing peace negotiations between Yemen's warring parties in Sweden.

4) Ellen Brown, founder and chairwoman of the Public Banking Institute, and author of the book, "Web of Debt," discusses her recent article, "This Radical Plan to Fund the ‘Green New Deal’ Just Might Work," and provides an update on developments re: public banking across the U.S.

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